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Last weekend (03.16-03.18) north American box office revenue totaled $131.5 million, down 6% from the previous one. The new version of Tomb Raider: Battle of the Origins failed to shake Black Panther's box office title, earning only $23.52 million in 3,854 theaters in its first week, but thanks to the enthusiastic support of Chinese audiences, the film grossed $126 million worldwide. Word of mouth is not salty or light, and the media mostly believe that there are no surprises. However, the true story adaptation of the faith-themed music film "Beyond Imagination" was unexpected, earning $17.06 million in 1629 theaters in North America, which is very strong. It is estimated that it will eventually surpass the total box office of "Manchester by the Sea" in 2016 of $148 million, and it is estimated that the musical elements will add a lot of points. More popular is 20th Century Fox's LGBT theme "Love You, Simon", the first mainstream studio-focused film to focus on the deep cabinet boys, which earned $11.5 million in 2402 theaters in North America in its first week, close to the $11.7 million of last year's "Everything", which was remarkable. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a particularly high rating and was considered a "gift of life". Fox's "Firefox One Strike" was a lonely hit, earning $1.62 million in 838 theaters over the weekend and receiving poor reviews, and was reviewed as "another so-so thriller." ”
The new version of "Tomb Raider" has a mediocre local start and was criticized as "making people feel dusty"
Recommended star rating: ★★
15 years later, Kanmei's childish version of Laura has set off somewhat flat. Tomb Raider: Battle of the Origins grossed $23.52 million in North America last weekend, not as good as the $47.73 million in the first week of the first Tomb Raider and only slightly more than the $21.78 million in the first week of Tomb Raider 2, which is considered "Big Punch Street." However, the overseas box office performance was outstanding, with Chinese audiences contributing US$41.23 million (261 million yuan) far more than the North American mainland, boosting the global box office of Tomb Raider: The Battle of the Origins to $126 million. The first Tomb Raider in 2001 grossed $274 million in North America, and the new version is expected to meet or even surpass that figure, surpassing the $240 million global box office of Assassin's Creed, starring Michael Fassbinder in 2016.
Stills from Tomb Raider: Battle of origins
The current theatrical rating for Tomb Raider: Battle of origins is b, imdb 7, mtc 46, and Rotten Tomatoes freshness 49%. The Voice of the Village commented: "Alicia Vikander threw herself into the role of Laura Crawford, and the filmmakers worked hard to create her awe-inspiring temperament, different from Angelina Jolie's sexiness." The problem is that it would be better if they could make the tomb feel awe-inspiring as well. The Detroit News: "Like the original game at the bottom of your box, this film already feels dusty." The Guardian: "Vikander maintains an equal kind of calm from beginning to end, and moderation is the theme of this edition of Laura." "Movie Nation": "When the film's setting can't provide any surprises, the lines don't have anything worth saying, and the villain looks like the whole audience has a stomachache, it can only be said that 17-18 years is still not long enough to restart Tomb Raider." ”
"Love You, Simon" was recognized
Faith theme "Beyond Imagination" Box Office Surprise "Love You, Simon" bold and fresh recognition
Beyond Imagination recommended star: ★★
"Love You, Simon" Recommended Star Rating: ★★★
Firefox Strike 1 Recommended Star Rating: ★
The Christian music film Beyond Imagination is based on the true story of the lead singer of the american contemporary Christian band Mercyme, telling his own journey of forgiving his father. Grossing $17.06 million in 1,629 theaters in North America last weekend, the film has become the highest-grossing film for its production company Roadside Attractions, more than four times the $4.2 million opening week of the previous film, "Forever My Girl," and more than Lionsgate's $16 million in the first week of the same faith-themed Burrow last year. And "Beyond Imagination" cost only $7 million. In this way, "Beyond Imagination" is likely to surpass the total box office of Roadside Attractions' earlier "Sludge", and even if the follow-up performance is poor, it is estimated to exceed the $148 million of 2016's "Manchester by the Sea". The movie currently has an IMDB score of 7.6, an MTC score of 27, and a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 62%. "Movie Nation" commented: "This is a biographical story that is very emotionally flat and completely devoid of excitement. ”
Stills from "Love You, Simon"
Another large-scale opening film on the list is 20th Century Fox's LGBT theme "Love You, Simon." The film grossed $11.5 million in 2,402 theaters last weekend, close to $11.7 million for last year's "Everything, Everything" (which eventually grossed $35 million) and cost $17 million to produce. The film tells the story of an adolescent boy, Simon, who openly and confronts his own sexuality. Director Grieg Berandi has previously written and directed many American dramas, including "Political Beast" and "Two Brothers". "Love You, Simon" has a high reputation, with a current IMDB rating of 7.9, MTC73, and a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 91%. More media reviews have endorsed its groundbreaking significance, such as Rolling Stone magazine's comment: "Beranti's groundbreaking teenage gay romantic comedy is a living gift." This is the first major studio-released work that focuses on the Boys in the Deep Cabinet. ”
Fox-Focused's Firefox One grossed $1.62 million in 838 theaters last weekend. The film tells the story of an Air France plane that was hijacked halfway from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Paris in July 1976 and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The robbers took more than 250 of them and crew members hostage to demand the release of the terrorists who were imprisoned in Israel at the time. After a war of words, the Israeli government sent an elite commando team to rescue the hostages. Word of mouth is relatively bad, with an imdb score of 5.2, an mtc score of 49, and a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 22%. The Hollywood Reporter commented: "This is supposed to be a hero-fighting villain movie that makes your heart beat like a blade, filled with exciting political questions." But in fact, it is just another so-so thriller, the characters are not developing well, and there is no drama to watch. ”
Preview of the Week: Pacific Rim 2, Ginomio & Juliet 2, Midnight Sun, etc
This weekend (03.16-03.18) north America will have two sequels to Pacific Rim: Thunder Comeback, Ginomyo and Juliet 2: Sherlock Glulmos, as well as a teen romance "Midnight Sun", the Christian film "Paul the Apostle", and Steven Soderbergh's new film "Madness". Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, last year's Cannes-based "Screenwriter's Workshop," a focus unit, will be screened on a small scale.
Stills from Pacific Rim: Thunder Rises Again
The first Pacific Rim cost $190 million to produce and grossed $411 million worldwide, making it particularly popular in China. After five years, the sequel "Pacific Rim: Thunder Rises Again" debuted, the alien creatures that were blown up in the upper passage were not dead, and once again opened the wormhole to the earth, and the upgraded monster will face the sixth generation of the new mechanical driver of the earth. Rinko Kikuchi plays the mecha warrior Makoto Mori, and two doctors who study extraterrestrial creatures are still there, the new john Boyega plays jack, the son of the last black general, and Scott Eastwood plays Knight to save the earth, as well as Chinese movie stars Jing Tian, Zhang Jin, Huang Kaijie and so on. The film opened simultaneously in China and the United States this Friday.
Stills from Ginomyo and Juliet 2: Sherlock Glulmos
Paramount's Ginomyo and Juliet 2: Sherlock Nuormos is also a sequel, the previous one, Ginomio and Juliet, released by Disney, about two neighbors who are in direct confrontation, and their garden decorates the small porcelain man, and the romantic story of Romeo and Juliet takes place. In 2011, it grossed $99.96 million in North America. This time, "Ginomyo and Juliet 2" will change the theme and develop a "detective story" similar to Holmes - to investigate and rescue the missing little porcelain man. I feel that the number of roads dipped in well-known IPs is not a problem to compile more than a dozen or twenty.
Stills from Midnight Sun
Since 2014, "The Wrong in the Stars" box office dark horse Bo darling, about the terminally ill girl love story has been endless, last year was the "Everything" girl suffered from a disease that needs to stay in a sterile environment all the time, this year's "Midnight Sun" girl is suffering from a disease that can not see the sun, the common point is that they are brave to pursue love, "Midnight Sun" this week will open in more than 2,000 theaters in North America. The Christian film "Apostle Paul" tells the story of Paul, a Jewishman, who hunted down Christians, met miracles and converted to Christianity. The psychological thriller "Heartbreaker" was shot entirely on the iPhone 7 and cost only $1.2 million, and director Steven Soderbergh directed "Never Compromise" and "Eleven Rohans" and other films. "Heartbreaker" was previously screened at the Berlin Film Festival, and the evaluation is medium, and it is said that his next film will continue to be filmed on mobile phones.